The EQUSPACE (Enabling New Quantum Frontiers with Spin Acoustics in Silicon) project consortium, led by the University of Jyväskylä has been awarded total of 3.2 million euros for four years from the European Innovation Council to pioneer quantum technologies in silicon. The consortium’s ambitious goal is to ensure a complete silicon-based quantum information system.
The consortium comprises researchers from the University Jyväskylä, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf e.V. (Germany) and NWO Institute AMOLF (Netherlands). In addition, it includes VTT’s spin-off company SemiQon (Finland).
VTT is contributing in the EQUSPACE project especially with its expertise in cryo-electronics (cryo-COMS).
The funding is granted to multidisciplinary consortium for early-stage projects that have the potential to create new markets and address global changes. A total of 1110 funding applications were received for EIC Pathfinder Open funding programme of which only 45 were awarded funding.
The EQUSPACE project develops a technology platform that utilizes quantum bits based on impurity atoms implanted in silicon. The focus will be on developing scalable methods for reading these “silicon qubits” by utilizing commercial quantum dots and connecting them to each other using nanomechanical resonators.
